Chapter 749: White Lightning Galloping Across the Wilderness (4)

After a brief rest, Jaghatai Khan continued to drive his Assault Bike away.

Ram stood to the side, excitedly telling Jaghatai Khan the information he knew.

"Lord Khan, please be careful. Those wandering Cyberk Legions vary in size, and many infantry units have avoided the main attack directions of the three Primarchs. They specifically choose to strike at the gaps in the defensive lines and the weak points of the supply lines."

Jaghatai mounted his bike, fastened his helmet, and a steady voice came from beneath his faceplate.

"Understood, Ram. Continue to execute your tactical tasks. Since I have come out this time! Then let me be the one to sweep away these rusts hiding in the shadows! Hahaha!"

Before the words had even faded, Jaghatai Khan started the Assault Bike.

The white Assault Bike's engine roared, carrying Jaghatai Khan away in a cloud of dust.

Jaghatai Khan continued to gallop across this land, and after about an hour, Jaghatai Khan discovered traces of a battle ahead.

Unique scorch marks left on the ground by Energy Weapons, and tiny, cold-glinting metal fragments scattered in the gravel.

Not far away, the wrecks of several Gorgon Assault Transports were still burning, with broken supply crates and scattered equipment strewn on the ground.

The air was filled with the lingering smell of ozone and a faint scent of blood.

There were craters from residual Pulse Beams and metal debris left behind after Cyberk soldiers were destroyed.

The bike's sensors emitted a faint prompt, indicating that abnormal electromagnetic signals and energy fluctuations remained in the air, pointing towards a hilly area with complex terrain to the northwest.

This was likely the "scent" left by the engines or weapon systems of the Cyberk troops.

"Hmph, they really didn't go far."

Jaghatai Khan turned the handlebars and increased his speed again, heading toward the direction of the strongest signal.

As he ventured deeper into the hills, the traces became clearer and clearer.

Jaghatai stopped his bike at the edge of a highland and killed the engine.

Below, in a natural depression surrounded by huge weathered rocks, a Cyberk infantry unit about the size of a reinforced company was taking a short rest.

Several "Annihilator" type Cyberk infantry equipped with heavy weapons stood guard at key positions, while most soldiers were in a low-power standby state, with only a few Sentinels moving about on patrol.

Several Chimera Armored Vehicles painted in the colors of the Death Korps of Krieg lay tilted and paralyzed in the rubble, their hulls covered in charred craters and huge jagged tears.

One of them was completely overturned, chassis facing the sky, tracks hanging limply, and the vehicle body was still billowing thick smoke.

Broken weapon parts, torn canvas, scattered ammunition crates, and overturned supplies were strewn around the vehicle wrecks.

On the ground, there were also some broken limbs wearing standard-issue Krieg greatcoats, stained with dust and dark brown blood, scattered behind bunkers or in the shadows of vehicles.

Several pierced helmets rolled in the gravel, next to Laser Guns with empty magazines.

There were no complete remains, only fragments left behind after the battle.

Near several heavily damaged Cyberk soldiers who were undergoing repairs, battle data from the just-concluded fight was being aggregated in the Local Consciousness Network.

The information stream flowed between several Cyberk soldiers.

"Annihilator" type Cyberk BI467 communicated in the Local Consciousness Network.

"Combat efficiency assessment: The resistance intensity of this Human unit exceeded the expected value by 37.8%."

A Cyberk infantryman nodded, looking at his own severed half-leg, and replied in the Local Consciousness Network.

"Confirmed. Human behavioral pattern: highly irrational.

Tactical protocol analysis: Does not conform to standard Human unit retreat/surrender logic."

Another Cyberk soldier, whose left arm and body had been melted by high heat, said in the Local Consciousness Network.

"Some Human infantry units will abandon cover and charge while carrying high-explosive charges.

Detonating at a distance of less than 10 meters.

He caused 65% damage to my unit's left arm Servo System and external armor plating.

And his price was total annihilation.

If they were like us, this behavioral logic would make sense.

However, they are Humans, true flesh and blood.

Not a single one felt fear, and they were all launching attacks on us on the battlefield."

The communication in the Local Consciousness Network fell into a brief "stagnation," and after a few seconds, BI467 spoke.

"This is the point of logical contradiction.

Such behavior by Human soldiers leads to the permanent functional termination of their own units and fails to achieve effective tactical objectives; this is not the optimal solution.

Their growth cycle is very long, and even if their growth rate is accelerated, they cannot withstand such attrition."

At this time, the Cyberk soldier whose leg was being repaired added.

"Frequency of similar self-destructive charge behavior: highest only in this type of Human unit.

It can be suspected that the Humans on this planet have mastered cloning technology and have trained them into soldiers, so their combat style would make sense.

Before the behavioral logic of clones is formed, training them into combat machines explains why these Human soldiers would commit self-destructive acts without hesitation and without feeling fear."

The Cyberk soldier with the melted left arm spoke up in rebuttal.

"Although your analysis is possible, those Human soldiers have high efficiency in utilizing the environment.

They use vehicle wrecks and craters to construct temporary bunker networks.

Firepower density: medium, but persistence and accuracy are abnormal.

And the tactics they use are not something clones could learn in a short time."

The three Cyberk soldiers analyzed the behavior of the Human soldiers in this battle in the Local Consciousness Network until the damage to their bodies was temporarily patched up.

Not far away, a Cyberk Sentinel acting as a guard swept its pupils across the area of Human remains.

"Scan result: No signs of life.

No functional equipment remains.

Metal recycling value: low.

Organic matter: no processing value."

Marked as battlefield debris, no further attention required."

Within the Command Node Local Consciousness Network, the Commander of this Cyberk unit is summarizing the data from this battle.

Battle summary.

Target unit identifier updated: threat level unchanged.

Core behavioral trait: extreme, stubborn resistance until total destruction.

Tactical response recommendation: when encountering such units, prioritize the use of long-range firepower to completely destroy vehicles and cover, minimizing their opportunities for close-quarters self-destruction attacks.

Avoid becoming mired in attritional close-quarters combat.

This combat objective was achieved, but the cost was 18.6% higher than the standard model prediction.

The opposing force numbered 6,000; after the frontal engagement, our side lost 1,673 soldiers, and 4,967 soldiers sustained varying degrees of damage.